WMS zone, Vaughan: Main Street Mixed-Use – Woodbridge Zone

What the WMS zone permits

• Art studio
• Business service (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Clinic
• Commercial school
• Financial institution (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Funeral services
• Health and fitness centre (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Hotel (small scale)
• Micro-manufacturing (subject to Part 5 specific use provisions)
• Office
• Personal service (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Pet services establishment (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Place of assembly
• Restaurant (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Restaurant, take-out (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Retail (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Retail, convenience (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Service or repair shop (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Supermarket (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Theatre (max 10,000 m2 GFA per lot, note 5)
• Veterinary clinic
• Apartment dwelling (not permitted in ground floor frontage except max 15% for lobby/common areas, note 4)
• Block townhouse dwelling (note 4; lot/building standards per RM1 Zone)
• Independent living facility (subject to Part 5)
• Live-work dwelling
• Multiple-unit townhouse dwelling (note 4; lot/building standards per RM1 Zone)
• Single detached dwelling (only if legally existing on the lot on the effective date of the By-law)
• Street townhouse dwelling (note 4; lot/building standards per RT1 or RT2 Zone)
• Supportive living facility
• Community facility
• Community garden (subject to Part 5)
• Day care centre
• Emergency service
• Long term care facility
• Place of worship (subject to Part 5)
• Public parking
• Urban square
• Home occupation (subject to Part 5)
• Outdoor display area (subject to Part 5)
• Outdoor patio (subject to Part 5)
• Seasonal outdoor display area (subject to Part 5)
• Secondary suite (subject to Part 5)
• Short-term rental (subject to Part 5)
• Temporary sales office (subject to Part 5)
• Agriculture (only if legally existing on the lot on the effective date of the By-law)

Standards

Other provisions in this section

• Table 8-5 standards apply to 'all other uses'; in the WMS Zone a block townhouse dwelling or multiple-unit townhouse dwelling must meet the RM1 Zone lot and building requirements (s.8.3.2(1)), and a street townhouse dwelling must meet the RT1 or RT2 Zone requirements, as applicable (s.8.3.2(2)).
• Maximum front yard: 6 m (Table 8-5); note 1: the lesser of 6 m or the existing condition on the effective date of the By-law.
• Maximum exterior side yard: 4.5 m (Table 8-5). No minimum exterior side yard is stated.
• Minimum building height: 8 m (Table 8-5).
• Minimum floor space index: no requirement ('-').
• Surface parking is permitted only in the rear yard (Table 8-5, Specified Parking Area Requirements).
• Minimum 3 m wide landscape strip required along an interior side lot line or rear lot line abutting a Residential Zone or an Open Space Zone (Table 8-5).
• Apartment, block townhouse, multiple-unit townhouse and street townhouse dwellings are not permitted within the ground floor frontage of the lot, except that up to 15% of the ground floor frontage may be used for lobby or common areas for those uses (Table 8-4 note 4).
• Business service, financial institution, health and fitness centre, personal service, pet services establishment, restaurant, take-out restaurant, retail, convenience retail, service or repair shop, supermarket and theatre: maximum combined gross floor area of 10,000.0 m2 per lot (Table 8-4 note 5).
• Uses marked with note 1 (micro-manufacturing, independent living facility, community garden, place of worship, home occupation, outdoor display area, outdoor patio, seasonal outdoor display area, secondary suite, short-term rental, temporary sales office) are subject to the specific use provisions of Part 5.
• Single detached dwelling and agriculture are permitted only if legally existing and used on the lot on the effective date of the By-law ('E').
• Bed and breakfast is not permitted in the WMS Zone.